1 the ancient Egyptians were wonderful traders. They traded gold, papyrus, linen, and grain for cedar wood, ebony, copper, iron, ivory, and lapis lazuli (a lovely blue gem stone.) Ships sailed up and down the Nile River, bringing goods to various ports. 2 Lebanon, Canaan (Israel or Palestine), Rome, Crete, Greece, Cyprus, Phoenicia, Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Anatolia (Turkey), Afghanistan.
